Ex-FDA commissioners, including former Trump advisor, warn against White House efforts to 'tip the scales' on COVID-19 vaccine
WHITE OAK, MD - JULY 20: A sign for the Food And Drug Administration is seen outside of the headquarters on July 20, 2020 in White Oak, Maryland.Seven former FDA commissioners penned an op-ed on Tuesday warning against political manipulation of the administration.
The commissioners, including President Trump's first appointee and former advisor, say the White House is undermining faith in science and contributing to skepticism of a coronavirus vaccine. For decades, "the public knew we were speaking on behalf of experts whose judgments were grounded in science," the commissioners wrote. "That is changing in deeply troubling ways."
"If the White House takes the unprecedented step of trying to tip the scales on how safety and benefits will be judged, the impact on public trust will render an effective vaccine much less so."President Donald Trump's first head of the Food and Drug Administration has joined six other former commissioners in warning that the White House is undermining faith in science in an apparent effort to rush out a vaccine for the coronavirus.
For decades, "the public knew we were speaking on behalf of experts whose judgments were grounded in science," the ex-FDA leaders said in anThe commissioners, including former Trump campaign advisor Scott Gottlieb, cited the president's own rejection of FDA standards for a vaccine. On Sept.
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